How To Install filter on Debian 10

Learn how to install filter on Debian 10 with this tutorial. filter is program that filters local email via forward/pipe

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install filter on Debian 10.

What is filter

filter is:

filter is one of the original mail filtering programs written for UNIX. (originally a part of the ’elm’ mailer) Install it via a pipe(|) reference in $HOME/.forward, and let it separate your incoming email into different personal mailboxes.

There are three methods to install filter on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install filter Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install filter using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install filter

Install filter Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install filter using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install filter

Install filter Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install filter using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install filter

How To Uninstall filter on Debian 10

To uninstall only the filter package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove filter

Uninstall filter And Its Dependencies

To uninstall filter and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove filter

Remove filter Configurations and Data

To remove filter configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge filter

Remove filter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove filter configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge filter

Dependencies

filter have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install filter package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.